Kominfo Mataram City: Vaccine Card Is Not A Requirement For Administrative Services In Mataram

Head of the Mataram City Communication and Information Office (Diskominfo) I Nyoman Swandiasa (Photo: Nirkomala/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Communication and Information Office of Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province, stated that until now there has been no regulation regarding vaccine cards as a requirement for government administration services. red) nor an official letter that is used as the basis that the vaccine card is a requirement for administrative services, there are no," said Head of the Mataram City Communications and Information Agency (Diskominfo) I Nyoman Swandiasa, in Mataram, as reported by Antara, Friday, September 24. there is a policy issued by the Lurah Dasan Agung, Selaparang Sub-district, which informs its citizens through an official letter that for the management of letters in the kelurahan must show a COVID-19 vaccine card.

According to Swandiasa, basically, to meet the COVID-19 vaccination coverage target for local residents, the efforts made by the lurah are understandable. This is because, he said, of the more than 14,000 people in Dasan Agung Village, only around 1,000 have been vaccinated. So to increase citizen participation, the local lurah issued this policy. "In the official letter from the Dasan Agung Lurah, it is also an explanation so that residents are aware to vaccinate, and not force them. Even if due to certain conditions they cannot be vaccinated, residents who need services can still be facilitated. " he said.

Swandiasa, who also serves as the spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, assessed that the efforts made by Lurah Dasan Agung were part of the residents' approach to getting vaccinated. "Moreover, the Mataram City Government is currently intensifying the target coverage of the second dose of vaccine, which has not yet reached 50 percent," he said. in Mataram City for the first dose reached 76.94 percent, while the second dose was 49.09 percent.